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Questions Kids Ask: “What Does Gay Mean?”
When my daughter was six, she overheard me talking to another adult. One of us used the word gay. “Mom, what’s gay mean?” she quickly asked. I tried not to let the surprise show on my face.
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Lifesaving Advice for Parents of Gay Teens
You may be the parent of a teen or young adult who recently shared with you that they experience same-sex attraction, that they’re gay or lesbian or bisexual. And you’re trying to figure out how to do the best you can with what you’ve got.
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Parent Conversation Starter: Gender Incongruence
How does gender incongruence develop? Does it ever go away? Is it a sin? What about trans suicide rates? Parents, get prepared for conversation with age-appropriate scripts about gender incongruence.
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How Do I Talk to My Young Kids about Gender?
Gender is one of the biggest topics at the intersection of faith, culture, and kids. So how are Christian parents supposed to talk to their kids about biological sex and gender? How do we help our kids wade through the mire of culture, the media, and extremists on all sides?
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My 7-year-old Daughter has a Crush
At age 7 my daughter wrote a note to a girl in her class and signed it “Your Secret Admirer.” Is my daughter gay? What should I do? Many Christian parents might be tempted to assume these attractions are sexual and overreact.
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Valentine’s Day Parent Conversation Starter: Marriage & Singleness
This season celebrates many beautiful things about Christian marriage, but it also makes obvious the idolatry of romance in culture. Our kids are primed to assume that they can take romance and marriage when and where they want it. But the Bible says we don’t just take what we want.
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Christmas Parent Conversation Starter: Brokenness and God’s Wisdom
Could Christmastime actually be the perfect setting to talk to your kids about sexual stewardship? Our kids are home more than usual. In between Christmas parties and church celebrations, there is so much opportunity to start important conversations about intimacy, family, singleness, marriage, sex, and sexuality.
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‘Til Orientation Do Us Part
I often wonder what might have been different in my life and my ex-husband’s if he’d felt safe enough to tell someone he experienced same-sex attraction when he was eleven rather than hiding it and becoming “super spiritual Christian guy” until he couldn’t suppress it any longer at age twenty-seven.
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“Mom, Can Two Boys Get Married?”
“Mom, can two boys get married?” That query left the lips of my five-year-old son one Wednesday night as we drove home from church. “Whoa,” I thought, “where did that question come from?” Here’s the answer I gave:
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Should Christian Parents Cancel Gay Celebrities?
Parents, I urge you to use cultural moments to teach your kids about God’s wisdom for sexual stewardship and His love for gay people instead of canceling. Since our identity as Christians is rooted in Christ, a celebrity’s attractions are not a threat to us or to God’s design.
